Marans Madness March Hatch Along.....

[mediazeal]

I have fixed several chicks.
There are a couple of possibilities
one is to put a paper towel in a coffee cup and put the chick in the cup
some folks say this is great
you have to be very attentive to keep the chick warm but not burned under the light
you have to let them out to eat and get water, etc.

I prefer hobbles.
cut a regular bandaid lengthwise
wrap each 'sticky' end around a leg with the gauze pad part being the width between the legs.
You also need to put this chick on paper towel or even better on the rubbermaid rubber shelf liner
so it is easier for them to walk
they will be awkard at first, as would you

when you are ready to take the bandaids off, maybe 3 days later
use babyoil on their legs so the bandaid does not tear feathers or hurt their skin.

good luck!

 

[leeandtina]

I am so frustrated over here with our FBCM eggs. They were set on the night of the 5th and tonight should be lockdown. We had a bumpy start (literally) and we tried candeling at 3 different points along the way but not one of us here could see anything We have had no bad smells along the way, have faithfully turned them at least 3x's a day and kept the temp/hum pretty consistant. I just wish going into lockdown tonight we'd know if any will actually hatch I didn't realize how hard these eggs would be to candle! I guess we will sit patiently for the next 3 to ??? how many days until we give up? Oh and them being in a still air inc, should we put paper towels down or can we use a flat 3 dozen egg carton and lay the eggs in there? If, well I'll be positive here, when they start to hatch if they are in the egg carton container, don't they bop about and maybe get hurt going in and out of the egg cups? Just another 1st time hatcher question

 

[gaeamama]

Congrats on all the new babies! I love seeing all the new babies.

leeandtina - I've used cartons when hatching before and it's always worked out fine.. they don't get hurt.
I'm not using cartons this time, just laid them all out.

I have a question on the day-count. I set my eggs (FBCM, CM, others) on March 4 at 7pm (Thursday) so I think I should be in lockdown now, but I was planning on that being tonight. But I keep going back and counting and it's confusing me. So if things go exactly by the book and they hatch at exactly 21 days, that would make the expected hatch for the 25th at 7pm, right? and if so, my lockdown should technically start last night the 21st at 7pm. I'm not terribly concerned, as I counted the exact same way with my last hatch and they all made it, but now the particulars are bugging me and I just want to know. I could open up and turn one more time and double check all water troughs, or just leave everything alone and wait.

I did candle a few this morning. the only thing I could see in the darkest eggs is the air cell and the rest is dark.. I assume that's a whole chick

In the lighter eggs I did see movement in some of them! These last few days are hard to wait through!!

Good luck everyone else who's getting ready for new babies!

 

[gamebirdsonly]

I've got 2 new Marans

 

[gaeamama]

gamebirdsonly - Cute, cute!! What kind are they? I haven't hatched mine yet and not sure what to expect the CM's or BC to look like.

 

[gamebirdsonly]

I think one is post be blue splash and hoping the other black copper not for sure. I got the eggs off e-bay and the auction was for black copper and blue splash so I guess I got one of each.

 

[sunket77]

I have 19 in the bator due on 3/25 so I just made it in the march maran madness!! I will post pics when they hatch..I hope...hatch time is also fair/ show time!!

 

[Chic Chick]

Here's a pic of some cuckoo marans that hatch on March 11, and I still have more to come on March 29.

 

[cthrash1]

I love all the new babies!!! Congrats to the new chickie mommas and daddys!!!

Momma and her babies first day out, it was soo cute! All the other ladies were throwing chick feed out of their bowl for them,
so I think they'll be fine. Plus Union reprimands anyone that comes too close for comfort... Except BC being that she is flock queen.

ok found the pic of the other girls throwing the chick feed out of the bowl for the babies...

 

[okiehen]

My Wheaten Marans have been slow to hatch, I set 10 eggs. So far I have 7 chicks all doing great 3 eggs not showing any thing.
My power was out for almost 2 hours on Sunday and that was day 21. Most all my chicks hatched on day 22 and some on day 23.
I'm going to give the eggs one more day. All together I have 7 wheaten marans, 8 buff orpington, 6 black sex link, 6 blrw.
Eggs to go 3 wheatens and 4 blrw.